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Metal matrix composite

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A metal matrix composite (MMC) is composite material with at least two constituent parts, one being a metal necessarily, the other material may be a different metal or another material, such as a ceramic or organic compound. [1]

80 relations: Advanced composite materials (engineering), Aluminium, Aluminium carbide, Aluminium oxide, Anisotropy, Babbitt (alloy), Bicycle, Boron, Boron carbide, Boron nitride, Bronze, Car, Carbon fibers, Ceramic, Cermet, Chemical reaction, Cobalt, Composite material, Copper, Cutting tool (machining), Density, Diamond, Disc brake, Drive shaft, Dymalloy, Electrical resistivity and conductivity, Eutectic system, Extrusion, Ford Motor Company, Friction, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Glidcop, Graphite, Heat capacity, Honda, Honda B20A engine, Honda C engine, Honda F20C engine, Honda H Engine, Honda NSX, Hot isostatic pressing, Isotropy, Landing gear, Lotus Elise, Magnesium, Metal, Moisture, Monocrystalline whisker, Multi-chip module, Nickel, ..., Organic compound, Outgassing, Outline of space technology, Overhead valve engine, Particle accelerator, Physical vapor deposition, Porsche, Porsche 911, Porsche Boxster/Cayman, Powder metallurgy, Radiation damage, Radio-frequency quadrupole, Residual stress, Silicon carbide, Silver, Single crystal, Specialized Bicycle Components, Sports car, Thermal conductivity, Thermal expansion, Titanium, Titanium diboride, Toyota, Toyota Matrix, Tungsten carbide, Univega, Wear, Wrought iron, Yamaha Motor Company, 3M. Expand index (30 more) »

Advanced composite materials (engineering)

Advanced composite materials (ACMs) are also known as advanced polymer matrix composites.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Aluminium carbide

Aluminum carbide, chemical formula Al4C3, is a carbide of aluminum.

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Aluminium oxide

Aluminium oxide (British English) or aluminum oxide (American English) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula 23.

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Anisotropy

Anisotropy, is the property of being directionally dependent, which implies different properties in different directions, as opposed to isotropy.

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Babbitt (alloy)

Babbitt, also called Babbitt metal or bearing metal, is any of several alloys used for the bearing surface in a plain bearing.

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Bicycle

A bicycle, also called a cycle or bike, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

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Boron

Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5.

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Boron carbide

Boron carbide (chemical formula approximately B4C) is an extremely hard boron–carbon ceramic, and covalent material used in tank armor, bulletproof vests, engine sabotage powders, as well as numerous industrial applications.

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Boron nitride

Boron nitride is a heat and chemically resistant refractory compound of boron and nitrogen with the chemical formula BN.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Carbon fibers

Carbon fibers or carbon fibres (alternatively CF, graphite fiber or graphite fibre) are fibers about 5–10 micrometers in diameter and composed mostly of carbon atoms.

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Ceramic

A ceramic is a non-metallic solid material comprising an inorganic compound of metal, non-metal or metalloid atoms primarily held in ionic and covalent bonds.

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Cermet

A cermet is a composite material composed of ceramic (cer) and metal (met) materials.

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Chemical reaction

A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Composite material

A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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Cutting tool (machining)

In the context of machining, a cutting tool or cutter is any tool that is used to remove material from the work piece by means of shear deformation.

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Density

The density, or more precisely, the volumetric mass density, of a substance is its mass per unit volume.

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Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of carbon with a diamond cubic crystal structure.

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Disc brake

A disc brake is a type of brake that uses calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or "rotor" to create friction.

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Drive shaft

A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft is a mechanical component for transmitting torque and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drive train that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them.

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Dymalloy

Dymalloy is a metal matrix composite consisting of 20% copper and 80% silver alloy matrix with type I diamond.

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Electrical resistivity and conductivity

Electrical resistivity (also known as resistivity, specific electrical resistance, or volume resistivity) is a fundamental property that quantifies how strongly a given material opposes the flow of electric current.

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Eutectic system

A eutectic system from the Greek "ευ" (eu.

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Extrusion

Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Friction

Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Glidcop

Glidcop is the registered trademark name of North American Höganäs, that refers to a family of copper-based metal matrix composite (MMC) alloys mixed primarily with aluminum oxide ceramic particles.

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Graphite

Graphite, archaically referred to as plumbago, is a crystalline allotrope of carbon, a semimetal, a native element mineral, and a form of coal.

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Heat capacity

Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a measurable physical quantity equal to the ratio of the heat added to (or removed from) an object to the resulting temperature change.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

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Honda B20A engine

The Honda B20A engine series, known as the B20A and B21A was an inline four-cylinder engine family from Honda introduced in 1985 in the second-generation Honda Prelude.

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Honda C engine

Honda's first production V6 was the C series; it was produced in displacements from 2.0 to 3.5 liters.

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Honda F20C engine

The F20C and F22C1 were inline-4 engines produced by Honda for use in the Honda S2000.

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Honda H Engine

The Honda H engine was Honda's Larger high-performance engine family from the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Honda NSX

The Honda NSX, marketed in North America as the Acura NSX, is a two-seat, mid-engine sports car manufactured by Honda/Acura.

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Hot isostatic pressing

Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) is a manufacturing process, used to reduce the porosity of metals and increase the density of many ceramic materials.

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Isotropy

Isotropy is uniformity in all orientations; it is derived from the Greek isos (ἴσος, "equal") and tropos (τρόπος, "way").

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Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft and may be used for either takeoff or landing.

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Lotus Elise

The Lotus Elise is a two-seat, rear-wheel drive, mid-engined roadster conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1996 by the British manufacturer Lotus Cars.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Metal

A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.

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Moisture

Moisture is the presence of a liquid, especially water, often in trace amounts.

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Monocrystalline whisker

A monocrystalline whisker is a filament of material that is structured as a single, defect-free crystal.

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Multi-chip module

A multi-chip module (MCM) is generically an electronic assembly (such as a package with a number of conductor terminals or "pins") where multiple integrated circuits (ICs or "chips"), semiconductor dies and/or other discrete components are integrated, usually onto a unifying substrate, so that in use it is treated as if it were a single component (as though a larger IC).

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Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

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Organic compound

In chemistry, an organic compound is generally any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Outgassing

Outgassing (sometimes called offgassing, particularly when in reference to indoor air quality) is the release of a gas that was dissolved, trapped, frozen or absorbed in some material.

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Outline of space technology

Space technology is technology developed by space science or the aerospace industry for use in spaceflight, satellites, or space exploration.

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Overhead valve engine

An overhead valve engine (OHV engine), or "pushrod engine", is a reciprocating piston engine whose poppet valves are sited in the cylinder head.

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Particle accelerator

A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to nearly light speed and to contain them in well-defined beams.

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Physical vapor deposition

Physical vapor deposition (PVD) describes a variety of vacuum deposition methods which can be used to produce thin films and coatings.

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Porsche

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Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven or in Neunelfer) is a two-door, 2+2 high performance rear-engined classic German sports car made since 1963 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany.

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Porsche Boxster/Cayman

The Porsche Boxster and Cayman are mid-engined two-seater sports cars built by Porsche.

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Powder metallurgy

Powder metallurgy (PM) is a term covering a wide range of ways in which materials or components are made from metal powders.

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Radiation damage

This article deals with Radiation damage due to the effects of ionizing radiation on physical objects.

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Radio-frequency quadrupole

A radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) is a linear accelerator component generally used at low beam energies, roughly 50keV to 3MeV.

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Residual stress

Residual stresses are stresses that remain in a solid material after the original cause of the stresses has been removed.

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Silicon carbide

Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum, is a semiconductor containing silicon and carbon.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.

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Single crystal

A single crystal or monocrystalline solid is a material in which the crystal lattice of the entire sample is continuous and unbroken to the edges of the sample, with no grain boundaries.

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Specialized Bicycle Components

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., commonly called Specialized, is a United States-based company that designs, manufactures and markets bicycles, bicycle components and related products under the brand name "Specialized".

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Sports car

A sports car, or sportscar, is a small, usually two-seater, two-door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling.

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Thermal conductivity

Thermal conductivity (often denoted k, λ, or κ) is the property of a material to conduct heat.

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Thermal expansion

Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature.

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Titanium

Titanium is a chemical element with symbol Ti and atomic number 22.

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Titanium diboride

Titanium diboride (TiB2) is an extremely hard ceramic which has excellent heat conductivity, oxidation stability and resistance to mechanical erosion.

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Toyota

, usually shortened to Toyota, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.

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Toyota Matrix

The Toyota Matrix, officially referred to as the Toyota Corolla Matrix, is a compact hatchback manufactured by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada in Cambridge, Ontario and derived from the Toyota Corolla.

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Tungsten carbide

Tungsten carbide (chemical formula: WC) is a chemical compound (specifically, a carbide) containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms.

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Univega

Univega is a brand of bicycles, created during the bike boom of the 1970s by Ben Lawee (1926–2002), who founded Lawee Inc.

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Wear

Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces.

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Wrought iron

puddled iron, a form of wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon (less than 0.08%) content in contrast to cast iron (2.1% to 4%).

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Yamaha Motor Company

is a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, and other motorized products.

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3M

The 3M Company, formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_matrix_composite

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